Washington Story

Aspiring reporter Alice Kingsley is shown around by Gilbert Nunnally, a successful radio commentator. She is impressed by Joe Gresham, a young Massachusetts congressman with a squeaky-clean image, and introduces herself to him. Joe is leery of the press and makes a phone call to check her credentials, but Alice, having anticipated this, gives him a number. She wonders if veteran politician Charles Birch is a corrupting influence, only to learn that Birch has been a mentor to Joe.